A total of 188 persons have so far died of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year. This is coming at a time the world, including Nigeria, is battling the spread of the dreaded coronavirus. According to a report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the casualty figure was recorded between January 1 and April…
Ministry of Health permanent secretary has revealed that Ugandans living in institutional quarantine have started having sex with each other. During an interview on Radio One’s Spectrum show on Monday, the MoH Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwiine stated these places are slowing losing their value as quarantined people are busy engaging in sexual practices. Recently…
[08:05, 4/15/2020] Deji Allen: The Head, European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil Karlsen, has said that the N21bn (€50m) donated to Nigeria by the EU is largely meant for the poor. “That is why part of the €50m we provide will also be for the relief and safety net for the most…
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has said that the 500,000 N-Power enrollees across the country should expect to receive bank credit alerts for outstanding payments of their monthly entitlements from Tuesday, April 14, 2020. This followed the signing of the payment mandate by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster…
Nineteen new cases of #COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria on Tuesday. Of the 19 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 14 were recorded in Lagos, two in the Federal Capital Territory, one each in Kano, Akwa Ibom, and Edo states. This brings the total number of cases in the country to 362, The PUNCH reports. The Nigeria Centre…
Ex-beauty queen, Adaeze Yobo and wife of football star, Joseph Yobo is celebrating her 30th birthday today April 14, and her husband took to Instagram to shower her with sweet words. Sharing a stunning photo of his wife, the Super Eagles assistant coach wrote: “Happy 30th Birthday to my darling wife and mom to our…
Chairman of the defunct Sosoliso Airline, Chief Victor Ikwuemesi, died today in London, United Kingdom few days after he was diagnosed with the deadly COVID-19. According to a family source, Ikwuemesi was admitted to a London hospital after a brief illness – he later tested positive for COVID-19. He was in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)…
The contracts of two payment service providers (PSP) has been terminated by the federal government, for failing to meet up with the agreement for conditional cash transfer (CCT) to poor households in four states. Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq who confirmed the termination of the contract with Data Mining…
[20:41, 4/14/2020] Deji Allen: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Buhari Presidency for throwing tantrums at Nigerians for complaining about President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to provide palliatives to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in our country. The party said rather than listening to Nigerians, shed its corruption and take urgent steps…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said a total of 119 people with COVID-19 symptoms have been identified in the state. Abayomi at a briefing on Tuesday said a total of 118,000 households have been reached in the active case search for possible COVID-19 cases in communities. He said community search was…